Soup · Simmered
Hu La Tang (Spiced Pepper Soup)
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Its heat comes from black pepper, not chili — a spice that arrived via the Silk Road, giving the soup its name (literally 'reckless spicy soup').
A thick, starch-bound broth loaded with black pepper, beef or mutton, peanuts, day lily buds, and wood ear mushroom is finished with chili oil and vinegar.
Why it's made this way: The dish traces to Xiaoyao Town in Henan's Xihua County, which still holds an annual hulatang festival.
Roughly what's in it
300kcal
10gprotein
40gcarbs
10gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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